A Chinese Export Two Handled Sauce Boat

After a European silver shape

The shallow sauce boat decorated to the interior with an Oriental landscape

Within a diaper border

The underside with peony sprays

With two fox headed handles

C1745/55

Length; 7 1/8″ (18.1 cm)

Condition; very good, just some minor frits

This shape with the fox headed handles occurs in various European factories

Notably Liverpool Delft, see Colonial Williamsburg ‘1956-106,1’ for an example dated C1760